# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Load dotenv before provider entry point imports

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #110084: \[Bug\]:  load_hermes_dotenv() imports every provider entry point before applying .env
- PR #110093: fix(config): load dotenv before provider discovery

These issues and PRs address a bug where provider entry points are imported before the .env file is applied during dotenv loading. Fixes ensure the environment is configured first.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #110084: \[Bug\]:  load_hermes_dotenv() imports every provider entry point before applying .env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110093: fix(config): load dotenv before provider discovery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `81d77c280a`, `#110084`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/env_loader.py`, `hermes_cli/env_sanitize.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_env_loader.py`
- **#110757: fix(env): avoid importing providers before .env is applied in load_hermes_dotenv (#110084)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `#110093`, `#110084`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`